A funeral service will be held Saturday in West Seattle for Richard Hard, a star defensive lineman known as “The Gentle Giant” for the Seattle Ramblers and Seattle Rangers semipro football teams in the 1960s.

Hard died Nov. 13 in St. Anthony, Idaho, at the age of 70. The service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, 4105 California Ave. S.W.

Hard, who was 6 feet 4, weighed 300 pounds as a player. He graduated from West Seattle High School in 1960 and was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1964 NFL draft, but didn’t play in the NFL.

He was a Pacific Football League all-star defensive tackle for the Ramblers in 1966, and played three seasons for the Rangers in the Continental Football League.